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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN PRESENTS:

SEASON OUTLOOKKansas to receivecontributions fromnew faces |2

ON POINTYoung point guardsset to lead Kansas onoffense and defense | 3

CRYSTAL BALL

Ten predictions forKansas season |4

BIG 12 PREVIEWS

In-depth breakdownsof each team in theconference | 8, 9

STEPPING UP

Wayne Selden, Jr. readyto become a biggerleader | 10

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SEASON OUTLOOKTalented freshman trio, returners look to fill the void left by departed players

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BEN LIPWOWITZ/KANSANKansas basketball coach Bill Self speaks to the crowd at Late Night on Oct. 10 in Allen Fieldhouse. Selfs recruits for the 2014-15season include freshmen Cliff Alexander, Devonte Graham and Kelly Oubre, Jr. Self hopes the trio will help fill the gaps offormer players Joel Embiid and Andrew Wiggins.

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Kansas has been here beore.Heading into a new season withmajor question marks afer los-ing several key players is noth-ing new or the Jayhawks. Lastseason, they lost Ben McLem-ore and Jeff Withey. Tis sea-son, its Andrew Wiggins, JoelEmbiid and Naadir Tarpe.Rosters always change itscollege basketball, and thatsthe nature o the business atthis level.

Still, losing two players oWiggins and Embiids caliberwould cripple most programs,but those programs arent Kan-sas. While it certainly hurts, theJayhawks routinely boast someo the best recruiting classes inthe nation no loss is too bigto recover rom.

[Wiggins and Embiid] arepretty tremendous talents, ju-nior orward Jamari raylorsaid. Its a long season and ev-erybody is going to have to stepup on occasion. Some games,one guy is going to have a goodgame, then its going to be an-

other guy who steps up in thenext game. Were pretty talent-ed, so it could be anybody.

Anybody could wind up be-ing one o Kansas new impactreshmen. Forward Cliff Alex-ander is the most talked-abouto the bunch and with goodreason he was ESPNs No. 3prospect in the Class o 2014.Coach Bill Sel compares himto a young Tomas Robinson.

I see some similarities withCliff and Tomas, Sel said.Cliff is probably a little biggerat the same stage, about thesame athletically. Offensively,

about the same. Teres a lot osimilarities in him.

While Alexander will betasked with replacing some othe rebounds and post presencelost with Embiid, reshmanguards Devonte Graham andKelly Oubre, Jr., should helpease the loss o Wiggins.

Graham, a our-star recruitout o North Carolina, wasvoted the teams best leaderat its preseason boot campand is someone Sel said willbe a hard guy to keep out othe lineup. His measurables

arent off the charts, but hes asolid all-around player whodoesnt turn the ball over o-ten something Kansas hasstruggled with at the point inseasons past.

Oubre, a five-star recruit romNevada, was ESPNs No. 11prospect in the Class o 2014and described as one o thetwo best wing prospects atLeBron James Skills Academyin Las Vegas over the summer.Hell provide an immediate im-pact in what could be his loneseason in Lawrence.

Weve got to be able to plug[Oubre] in to take advantage owhat he does, Sel said. He canscore the ball, but hes so goodaround the rim, hes so gooddeensively getting out in thepassing lanes, hes such a goodoffensive rebounder. Tere area lot o things he can do wellthat are not your typical two orthree-guard type things.

While the addition o thesethree reshmen should providea boost, Sel also expects con-tributions rom some playerswho saw limited minutes lastseason.

Landen [Lucas] may havehad the best spring and sum-mer o anybody, Sel said. Hesgoing to play. Hes fighting ormajor minutes. He and Cliffare probably, right now, basedon what Ive seen, going head-to-head or a lot o major min-utes.

What exactly the redshirtsophomore orward brings tothe table is a bit o an unknownor many. Afer redshirting hisfirst year, he carved out a tinyniche in Kansas rotation lastseason, averaging just underfive minutes per game while

spelling the Jayhawks big men.At 6 eet 10 inches tall, hes thetallest player on the roster andhis rebounding prowess shouldensure him significant playingtime.

Another returning player whocould provide an impact is ju-nior orward Hunter Mickel-son.

Hes our best shot blocker,Sel said. Cliff is going to be agood one, but Hunter blockedmore shots his last year at Ar-kansas than Joel [Embiid] didlast year, in less minutes.

Following his transer romArkansas afer the 2012-13season, Mickelson sat out lastseason due to NCAA transerrules. He was the Razorbacksmost proficient shot blockerduring his two years in Fayette-

ville he even set an Arkansasrecord or consecutive gameswith a blocked shot to begin acareer. Tough Sel said Mick-elson must refine other aspectso his game to see major min-utes, he could serve as a niceplug-in when Sel wants more

length in the paint.While this Kansas squaddoesnt boast any shoe-in lot-tery picks like last year, it cer-tainly has all o the pieces tocompete or its 11th-straightBig 12 title and possibly more.With a desirable blend o new-comers and returnees, its sim-ply a matter o fitting thosepieces together. Given Selstrack record with developingnew talent, theres little reasonto believe this team wont workits way deep in to March.

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Over the off-season, the

Kansas backcourt became a

lot less crowded than most

anticipated it to be heading

into the 2014-2015 season.

On May 1, coach Bill Sel

announced that point guardNaadir Tarpe would not

be returning or his senior

season due to extenuating

circumstances in his personal

lie, and on Oct. 31, sophomore

guard Conner Frankamp

told Bill Sel that he would be

leaving the team immediately

to finish out the semester

beore transerring schools inthe spring.

In a span o six months,

Kansas had lost what figured

to be their top two guards.

Tarpe averaged 29.4

minutes per game last season,

and would have been the most

experienced returning player

on this years roster with 5

assists per game. Frankamp

saw his playing time increaselate in the season, as he added

10 and 12 points in Kansas

two NCAA tournament games

against Eastern Kentucky and

Stanord, respectively.

Tat leaves sophomores

Wayne Selden and Frank

Mason, along with reshman

Devonte Graham lef in the

mix or the 1-guard spot.

Selden saw nearly 30 minutes

per game last season, but

played primarily on the wing.

Ill probably have to playmore point here and there,

Seldon said ollowing the

news o Frankamps departure.

Weve got two great point

guards here as well. Im pretty

good with that.

Tose two point guards:Frank Mason and Devonte

Graham, young but talented.

Mason spelled Tarpe at

the point or 16.2 minutes

per game last season while

Graham spent 2013-2014 with

Brewster Academy, the same

prep school Tarpe attended

in 2010.

Sel said that despite losing

two solid ball handlers, some

good can come out o this or

his perimeter players.

Somebody was going to belef out, Sel said. Weve got

seven good perimeter players,

and really to be quite candid

with you, there hasnt been a

lot o separation.

Itll start or these guards,

as it always does with Bill

Sel coached teams, on the

deensive end o the floor.

We are looking orward tobeing a good deensive team,

Mason said. I take pride in

the deensive end. I have quick

eet. Its part o being a leader,

starting on the deensive end

o the floor.

Graham echoes Mason,

saying that his leadership is

most easily visible on deense.

Ive always been a point

guard, and leadership hascome naturally, Graham said.

I know things, I see things, I

talk, I tell people how I think

things should be. It starts with

deense, though.

Tis team is smaller than in

years past, so itll rely more

heavily on the perimeter

players and less on its big men,

like Joel Embiid, to deend the

rim.

We dont have really tall

guys inside so we want to get

out and pressure, Mason said.Sel thinks the deense will

succeed.

Tere isnt a seven-oot tall

guy to cover mistakes like that,

Sel said. But I do think we are

going to be able to pressure the

ball, deny one pass away, and

I think you are going to see a

pretty good deensive team.

Despite the losses o Tarpeand Frankamp, Sel eels

confident that his young

guards can stand tall to the

challenge.

Frank can guard. Devonte

can really pressure, Sel said.

Kansas opens its exhibition

slate today as it hosts

Washburn.

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Since 2011, KU basketballhad the dominant 7-oot big

man protecting the paint with

Jeff Withey, who holds theBig 12 record or most career

blocked shots, and o course

Joel Embiid o last year. But

this season, without an ideal

center, certain Jayhawks will

need to step up and play bigger

roles than they have in thepast.

Certain Jayhawks like

sophomore orward Landen

Lucas and redshirt junior

orward Hunter Mickelson

could be those players to

make an immediate impact

underneath the basket.

Coach Bill Sel brought

in reshman orward Cliff

Alexander, the No. 3 recruit

in ESPNs top 100, to play thefive in most cases, but Sel said

Alexander still has a long way

to go to be the dominant andphysical player he expects him

to be, leaving the door wide

open or bench players to help

Alexander play the role o the

big man.

Landen may have had the

best spring and summer oanybody; hes had a good all,

too, Sel said on basketball

media day last month. Hes

going to play. He and Cliff are

probably, right now based on

what Ive seen, going head-

to-head or a lot o major

minutes.

Lucas hasnt seen much

playing time since high school,

but that doesnt mean that he

hasnt been learning. Lucassaid redshirting his reshman

year taught him a lot by

observing how players likeWithey and Embiid handle

themselves in game situations.

I got a chance to watch

people like Jeff and Kevin

Young, who did small things,

and you get an understanding

o what coach is looking orand I think that this year Ill

have a chance to apply that,

Lucas said on media day.

Its great going against great

players this whole time. It

works or all o us because that

competition, constantly day in

and day out, gets you ready or

when it is your turn.

He has also been teaching the

newcomers what it means to

wear Kansas across their chestand be a part o the Jayhawk

community.

Landen has experience, hesa great player, a great guy and

he brings a lot to the table,

reshman orward Kelly Oubre

said. Hes showed me a lot

about mysel and a lot about

this program.

Lucas said he is ready to stepinto whatever role Sel gives

him and make the biggest

impact he can.

Sel said he doesnt see

anyone beating junior orward

Perry Ellis out in the our, and

is looking or other players

to prevent Ellis rom playing

the center position and being

the primary rebounder and

shot blocker. Sel hinted that

Mickelson could be one othose guys down the road, but

added that he will need to play

bigger than what hes played inthe past because o the needs

o the team.

Te reality is Hunter, with

his skill set, will have to do

some more things in order to

see playing time because o

what our needs are based onour other personnel, Sel said.

Hes our best shot blocker.

Cliff s going to be a good one,

but Hunter blocked more shots

his last year at Arkansas than

[Embiid] did last year and in

less minutes. So hes naturally a

pretty good shot blocker.

Michelson said he is ready

to play a bigger role with the

Jayhawks afer sitting out last

year due to transer rules. Hewent overseas this summer to

sharpen his skills.

Tey need a guy on deense;hopeully, Ill be a guy that

can help out on deense, and

i they need someone on

offense, hopeully I can do

that, Mickelson said. Im just

an all around good teammate,

good attitude, good energy.Just being there and helping

everybody out whenever they

need it.

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Upcoming games to mark on your calendar

VS. KENTUCKY

NOVEMBER 18

Kansas and Kentucky

will ace off in the ourth

installment o the Champions

Classic in early November.

Tis is a repeat o the first

Champions Classic game in

2012. Kansas is 1-2 all-timein the tournament and will

look to get to .500 against

Calipari and the Wildcats.Kentucky begins the season

as the number one team in the

nation while Kansas weighs in

at number five. Te Wildcats

are returning both Harrison

twins and have another top

three recruiting class. rey

Lyles and Karl owns lead a

class o our five-star recruits.

VS. FLORIDA

DECEMBER 5

Kansas and Florida will

go head-to-head during this

years SEC-Big 12 matchup.

College Gameday will return

to Lawrence as the fifh and

seventh preseason ranked

teams ace off, respectively.

wo season ago, Kansas aced

exas or College Gameday

and won a ast-paced, exciting

game. Florida is bringing inthe 13th ranked recruiting

class with our nationally

ranked commits. Florida willbe searching or on-the-court

leadership, as they lost seniors

Patric Young and ScottieWilbekin.

AT TEXAS

JANUARY 24

Following contests against

Iowa State and Oklahoma,

Kansas concludes its toughest

portion o its Big 12 schedule

by traveling to Austin to take

on exas. Te Jayhawks ell

69-81 in their last away game

against against the Longhorns,

who were led by point guardIsaiah aylors 23 points. With

the addition o top prospect

Myles urner, the Jan. 24matchup is set to be among

Kansas toughest o the season.

I the Jayhawks can finish this

three-game stretch with two

or more wins, they should

be in the drivers seat or the

conerence title.

AT OKLAHOMA

MARCH 7

Its not difficult to envision

Kansas final Big 12 game o

the season holding majorchampionship implications.

Te Sooners return our o

their five starters (includingpreseason All-Big 12 selection

Buddy Hield) rom last years

squad that finished second

in the league with a 12-6

record. Tough Kansas won

its two matchups against

Oklahoma last season, both

contests were decided by

single digits, and it struggled

to contain the Sooners offense

at times. Dont be shockedi the Jayhawks hopes or

an 11th-straight league titlerest on the outcome o their

final conerence matchup in

Norman.

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Leading the Kansas

Jayhawks this season will in

large part all on the shoulders

o junior orwards Perry Ellis

and Jamari raylor. Tey are

two o the oldest players on

the roster and two o the most

respected.

raylor is a vocal leader,

while Ellis is more o the type

to lead by example. Tese twoorwards will be responsible

or molding another one o

the nations top five recruiting

classes.

Among this class are, Cliff

Alexander, Kelly Oubre,

Devonte Graham and

Sviatslov Mykhailiuk, who

are a big reason the Jayhawks

have the No. nine ranked

recruiting class according to

ESPN a year afer ranking

No. 2 overall. Tese our

players are ready to step in

and make an on-the-court

difference immediately. Withthe departure o two o the

best talents this school has

ever seen in Andrew Wiggins

and Joel Embiid, these our

reshmen will have very large

shoes to fill.

CLIFF ALEXANDER

Alexander is a 6-oot-8,

five-star recruit rom Curie

High School in Chicago. As

ESPNs number three overall

prospect, he was named the

2014 Naismith Boys High

School Player o the Year along

with Mr. Basketball USA.

Cliff is going to be fighting

or some big minutes, Bill

Sel said. Him and Landon

(Lucas) are going to be going

afer each other or a lot o

playing time.

Alexander is stepping into a

crowded ront court with the

likes o raylor, Ellis, Lucas,

and Mickelson. Alexander

will be expected to play

big minutes and succeed

offensively and deensively.He has the role o replacing

two NBA big men, Embiid

and arik Black. Both men

were deensive stoppers and

had solid offensive skill sets

as well. Alexander looked like

he was ready to step into these

roles during Late Night in the

Phog this year.

Cliff has been working

on that lef-handed hook a

lot, Sel explained afer Late

Night. Its a move he need to

get down to be successul in

the college game.

Alexander has a lot osupport and people to learn

rom on this roster. Bill Sel

has a history o talented big

men, and they all tend to help

each other out.

Its Jamari and my sel s

responsibility to kind o look

over him (Cliff ). Landon

Lucas said. Hes a young,

talented guy that we just want

to help make better.

KELLY OUBRE, JR

Oubre is another five star

recruit a part o Kansas

reshman class this season.

Oubre is a 6-oot-7 guard

rom New Orleans who

attended Findlay Prep. Oubre

scored 11 points and sank the

game winning ree throws

in the 2014 McDonalds All-

American game.

Te guard has perhaps

the biggest shoes to fill in

all o the NCAA. With the

departure o the number one

overall pick in the NBA draf,

Oubre will have to step into awing position and be effective

immediately.

Similar to Wiggins, Oubre

is long, quick and athletic,

with a wingspan above seven

eet long. Oubres long arms

allow him to be a orce on

the deensive end, a lot like

Wiggins was last season.

Im excited. Oubre

explained. Andrew is a great

player. I am not him, but we

have similar play styles, Ive

watched him game a lot.

Oubre is already a vocal

leader on the court or Kansas,but can ofen get caught up in

his own head. Hes the type

o player that needs to think

less and let his skills do the

talking.

He can play great deense

and get a steal and a run-out,

and then the next time when

the shot clock is running down

to three, hell go gamble and

miss and give a guy a wide-

open shot. Sel said. Hes just

got to kind o figure it out. But

certainly, hes a talented kid.

DEVONTE GRAHAM

Graham is a 6-oot-2 guard

rom Raleigh, North Carolina.

Graham attended the Brewster

Academy averaging 17.2

points and five assists. Graham

has had the most impressive

off-season amongst the

reshman propelling himsel

into a leadership role already.

Without seeing him really

go up and down a lot, hes

going to be a hard guy to keep

out o the lineup. Sel said.Hes a little bit older. Hes a

great leader. Hes probably as

popular as any student is on

campus. I mean, everybody

knows him. Everybody likes

him. Hes got potential to be

a great leader, and hes really a

good basketball player.

Graham led Brewster to the

4A state championship where

he averaged 14.8 points, 4.3

assists and 2.2 steals per game.

By the end o 2014, Graham

was named the number 36

recruit by rivals.com.

Graham was a latecommitment to Kansas. In

early May senior guard-

to-be Naadir Tarpe lef

the program, and almost

immediately, Graham

committed to the University.

With the recent transer

announcement o sophomore

guard Connor Frankamp,

Graham will look to split time

with sophomore Frank Mason

at the point guard position.

Devonte is going to be a

guy thats going to challenge

or a starting spot. Sel said.

Ive said that all along. I

dont know that Devonte is

quite ready or that yet, but I

think that he could be a guy to

challenge or a starting spot.

Tat doesnt mean he will, but

hes going to be in the mix.

One thing that has always

been missing since the 2008

National Championship team,

has been a pure, reliable point

guard. Between Tarpe, Elijah

Johnson and yshawn aylor,the point guard play has been

as inconsistent as possible.

Graham and Frank Mason

will look to add stability at

the position. Graham is a

leader on the court, as he was

constantly barking out orders

and running plays during

the late night inter-squad

scrimmage.

SVIATSLOV MYKHAILIUK

Svi or short, this 6-oot-

8 winger rom Cherkasy,

Ukraine is only 17 years old.

Svi was apart o Ukraines2014 FIBA World Cup eam.

He played in our games,

which included three points

in 11 minutes versus the

United States.

Svi averaged 16 points and

4.1 rebounds in the U18

European Championships,

where he earned all-

tournament honors. In

2013, Svi played in the U16

championships where he

averaged 25.2 points and eight

rebounds also being named to

the all-tournament team.

Playing in Ukraine has

given Svi a lot o experience

the other players dont have.

He played proessionally in

the Ukrainian Basketball

SuperLeague rom 2012 to

2014 or the Cherkasy Mavpy.

He also got to play against the

likes o James Harden and

Anthony Davis.

Svi is a talented kid. Sel

said. He is not going to red

shirt, he doesnt need to. Hes

got a lot to learn, but hesready to come in and make an

impact.

Kansas has had a ew oreign

players under Sels tenure.

Embiid last season and Sasha

Kaun rom the 2008 National

Championship team are two

that come to mind. Both

players played big roles on

their respective teams.

Svi is the youngest player

in the Big 12, but will look

to provide big, important

minutes or Kansas off the

bench.

Youll see how impressivehe is athletically, with his

skill set and all those things.

Sel said. Te only knock on

him right now is hes young.

He should be a high school

junior or senior, as opposed

to a college reshman. But hes

going to be really good.


1. KANSAS WINS ITS 11TH

STRAIGHT BIG 12 TITLE

With the influx o our

talented reshmen and the

returning talent o Wayne

Selden, Perry Ellis and Jamari

raylor, Kansas is primed to

win yet another Big 12 title.

Selden has the experience

o not being a reshman

this season and Perry is in

his third year now. Junioryear was Tomas Robinsons

coming out party, and i Ellis

or raylor can make a similar

jump, an 11th straight Big 12

title will be even more o a

possibility.

2. CLIFF ALEXANDER STRUGGLES

WITH FOULS EARLY IN THE

SEASON

Power orward Cliff

Alexander will bring much-

needed grit and attitude to the

paint this season. A physically

imposing player, he will be

a orce o the deensive end

with his 7-oot-3 wingspan.

However, especially early in

the season, that will draw a

lot o reeree whistles as he

figures out what he can and

cannot get away with at the

college level. He will oul out

o more games than any other

Jayhawk.

3. HUNTER MICKELSON BECOMES

A DEFENSIVE ENFORCER

Every year, the mens

basketball team has a shot-

blocker that dominates the

paint. Last season it was Joel

Embiid, two seasons ago

it was Jeff Withey, and this

season will be junior Hunter

Mickelson, a deensive

enorcer. Beore transerring

rom Arkansas, Mickelsonled the Razorbacks with 2.25

blocks per game. Without

a seven-ooter this season,

the Jayhawks will need an

inside deensive presence and

Mickelson will be that guy.

4. COME CONFERENCE PLAY, THE

STARTING LINEUP FEATURES

THREE FRESHMEN

Kansas has one o the most

vigorous non-conerence

schedules again this season.

Tis is a time that Sel uses to

experiment with the starting

lineup. By Big 12 conerence

play, Devonte Graham, Cliff

Alexander and Kelly Oubre

will all be in the starting five.

Graham is the stability the

team needs at point guard,

Oubre is the quick, athletic

wing that will be able to lock

down any other wing in the

country and Alexander is

the big body down low that

Kansas will need to dominate

the boards.

5. KANSAS LOSES AT LEAST TWO

GAMES BEFORE CONFERENCE

PLAY

Once again, Bill Sel elected

or a tough non-conerence

schedule or the Jayhawks.

Beore conerence begins,

Kansas will have played at

least three teams currentlyranked in the top-25 poll:

No. 1 Kentucky, No. 7 Florida

and No. 25 Utah in addition

to the possibility o playing

No. 18 Michigan State in the

Orlando Classic. Tese are all

potential losses or a young

Kansas team, along with

tricky road contests against

Georgetown and emple.

6. KELLY OUBRE WINS BIG 12

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

Tough Jayhawks reshman

orward Cliff Alexander

was chosen as the coaches

preseason co-selection or

the honor, its not hard to

imagine that being ending

up a reality. At 6-oot-7,

200 pounds, the reshman

owns the tools to become a

legitimate star, hes a cause

or concern in the paint,

but can also pull up rom

the perimeter to showcase

his silky smooth jumper. A

five-star recruit and No. 11

prospect in the Class o 2014

according to ESPN, Oubre is

a do-it-all guard who should

be penciled in as a starter

in Kansas opening night

lineup. With his 7-oot-2

wingspan and versatility, he

could quickly become a ocal

point in Sel s offense and

a nightmare or opposing

deenses.

7. PERRY ELLIS AVERAGES A

DOUBLE-DOUBLE (OR CLOSE

TO IT)

Junior Perry Ellis averaged

17 points and seven rebounds

and has only played 27

minutes per game. Ellis will

be the go-to scorer, and

coach Sel will ask Ellis to be

more aggressive and rebound

more. Ellis leadership and

experience will keep him on

the floor longer, which means

more opportunities to grab

rebounds.

8. DEVONTE GRAHAM LEAPFROGS

FRANK MASON AT POINT GUARD

While the relatively

surprising transer o Conner

Frankamp surely throws

a wrench in Sels plans

at guard, it should ree up

some additional minutes or

reshman Devonte Graham.

Frank Mason will likely get

the starting nod to begin the

season, but Graham should

see significant minutes with

the opportunity to expand his

role as the year progresses.

Afer his commitment to

Kansas in May, Sel called

Graham one o the premier

point guards in the country

and claimed he was an

immediate impact guy.While both will see big

minutes this season, look or

Graham to get the bulk o

those minutes as tournament

time approaches.

9. WAYNE SELDEN SELECTED TO

THE ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM

Tough Perry Ellis was the

only Jayhawk to receive votes

or any preseason All-Big 12

team, its Selden whos most

likely to finish the year there.

He showed flashes during his

reshman year (44 points on

59 percent shooting afer his

first two conerence games)

and should prove more

consistent in his sophomore

campaign. While the

conerence is exceptionally

talented at the guard position,

Selden is arguably the most

physically gifed and boasts

the highest ceiling o the

bunch, its simply a matter o

i he can reach that ceiling. I

he can, hes a first team All-

Big 12 selection and potential

lottery pick next year.

10. KANSAS USES MORE THAN

SIX DIFFERENT STARTING

LINEUPS THIS SEASON

With our reshmen

coming in, three o which are

potential starters, there is a

lot o uncertainty at the top.

Perry Ellis and Wayne Seldenare arguable the only locks

in the starting five. Sel has

reerenced Landon Lucas and

Cliff Alexander fighting or

big minutes multiple times

this preseason. Frank Mason

and Devonte Graham will

battle or the starting point

guard position and Kelly

Oubre will try to fight his way

into a starting wing spot.


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The Cowboys have a void at the point guard position after Marcus Smartleft school for the NBA. Hickey started three seasons with Louisiana Statein a tough Southeastern Conference. Hickey averaged eight points, threeassists and three rebounds for LSU last season.

We did have that inexperience at the point guard spot until weve got[Hickey], Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford said. When youre a three-yearstarter in the SEC, you immediately get that respect. You get that respect.

TEXAS: MYLES TURNER, FR., F

The No. 2 center in the 2014 recruiting class, Myles Turner, brings style to aphysical Texas team. Texas coach Rick Barnes said Turner will play forwardbecause he has the shooting ability, and Turners athletic ability will allowhim to guard quicker players.

[Turner] wanted to be a part of the program where he could be a part ofit but not necessarily him be the program, Barnes said. [Turners] got to gofrom one play to the next play. Im watching that happen with him, and Imwatching him get better every day with it.

TCU: TREY ZEIGLER, SR., G

Zeigler transferred from Pittsburgh University, and Texas Christian Univer-sity will be his third school in four years. Zeigler averaged four points, oneassist and two rebounds. TCU coach Trent Johnson said Zeigler will startright away for the Horned Frogs, and Zeigler is one of the leaders on theteam.

[Zeigler] is a guy that can create for himself, Johnson said. Hes scorer,not a shooter. Hes a guy that can create for himself and can create for

others.

BAYLOR: JONATHAN MOTLEY, REDSHIRT FR., F

The Bears are looking to replace former center Corey Jefferson, who ledBaylor in points (13) and rebounds (8). Motley will start this season as aredshirt freshman, and Baylor coach Scott Drew said Motley gained a lot ofweight during the off-season and practiced against Jefferson last season.

[Motley] has really improved his body, Drew said. As most coaches willtell you, that freshman year, if you redshirt and youre able to focus on aca-demics, adjust to college socially, be able to understand time management,and at the same time, be able to go against Cory Jefferson and Isaiah Austineveryday in practice, thats really going to be beneficial.

IOWA STATE: BRYCE DEJEAN-JONES, SR., G

Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg loves transfers. The past two seasons, a Cyclonehas won the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year award: guard Will Clyburn (2013) andguard DeAndre Kane (2014). This season, Bryce Dejean-Jones transferred toIowa State from UNLV. Dejean-Jones, who is the preseason Big 12 newcomer ofthe year, averaged 13 points, three rebounds and three assists for the RunningRebels.

Hes a guy you can use all over the floor, and [Dejean-Jones] fits well with ourgroup at this point, Hoiberg said. Hes extremely athletic. He plays above the rimin transition.

KANSAS STATE: JUSTIN EDWARDS, REDSHIRT JR., G

Kansas State coach Bruce Weber took a page out of Iowa States book andsigned three transfer players this season. Junior guard Justin Edwards transferredfrom Maine, and will be an instant starter according to Weber. Edwards averaged17 points, five rebounds and three assists at Maine last season. He is known forhis aggressiveness and dunking ability.

I believe [Edwards] scored a thousand points [at Maine] in two years, Webersaid. He can get to the basket. I promise you one thing, hell have some dunksthat will get on ESPN.

TEXAS TECH: DEVAUGNTAH WILLIAMS, JR., G

Williams transferred from Missouri-West Plains, where he was the best juniorcollege player in Missouri and a top-20 junior college player in the nation. He aver-aged 17 points and four assists for Missouri-West Plains last season. Williams will

not start this season because senior guard Robert Turner will be the Red Raidersmost experienced player.We have a lot of new faces, Texas Tech coach Tubby Smith said. We have add-

ed some depth in the backcourt so that should help in the execution of the offenseand trying to finalize games, where we can win some close games.

OKLAHOMA: KHADEEM LATTIN, FR., G

The Sooners added two freshmen who will help an Oklahoma team that has adepleted bench. Lattin can help in the backcourt to give guards Buddy Hield andJordan Woodard rest. Both freshmen will see a lot of playing time this season,according to Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger. In high school, Lattin averaged 15 pointsand 14 rebounds per game. As a guard, Lattin can guard the bigger men, and canplay forward, as well.

Khadeem Lattin and Jamuni McNeace, two guys that are rangy and athletic,

Kruger said. Theyve got great upside. A lot of excitement about watching themgrow and develop as young players.

WEST VIRGINIA: JONATHAN HOLTON, JR., F

Holton transferred from Palm Beach State Community College and had to sit outthe 2013-14 season. Holton averaged 17 points and 14 rebounds per game whileat Palm Beach State. West Virginia will add another big man to the roster, andWest Virginia coach Bob Huggins said Holton will battle for playing time againstsophomore forward Devin Williams.

I dont know that Ive had many people who have the enthusiasm that [Holton]has on a day-to-day basis, Huggins said. Hes a guy that I think at some point intime were going to have to tell him to go ahead and try to score more.

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PREVIEWING THE BIG 12

LAST SEASON:26-12 (9-9)

AT-A-GLANCE:

Baylor will look to provethe critics wrong this season

as they are projected to all

somewhere into the lower

hal o the Big 12 standings

this year, afer working their

way to the Sweet Sixteen

in the last seasons NCAA

ournament. Baylor was oneo two Big 12 teams, the other

being Iowa state, to appear in

the Sweet Sixteen in the 2014

tournament. Te Bears will

miss the 3-point shooting

talents o guard Brady Heslip

as well as the deensive

mindsets and size o orwards

Cory Jefferson and Isaiah

Austin. However, the team is

bringing in some interestingadditions like Deng Deng that

could speed up the rebuilding

process.

PLAYER TO WATCH:Kenny Chery Baylors

success this season could

lie in large part upon the

perormance and leadership

ability o point guard Kenny

Chery. Chery averaged 11.7

points per contest last season

but ailed to significantly fill

the stat books in any other

category. Expect Cherys shot

numbers to increase this

season in an effort to make up

or Heslips absence.

BURNING QUESTION:Will Baylor be able to make

up or its lack o size?

Afer losing 7-oot-1center Austin to medical

complications and 6-oot-

9 power orward Jefferson

to the NBA Draf, the Bears

will certainly be at a loss or

talented big men. Currently,

the tallest player on the roster

is a 6-oot-9 reshman and

Baylors size quickly drops off

rom there. Te teams paint

presence will be subpar and

their lethal ability to shoot

rom the perimeter seriously

declines afer losing star guard

Heslip to graduation. In orderto overcome their lack o size

and make something o their

season the Bears will have to

play small ball and be sure

to spread the floor under the

leadership o point guardChery.

KEY ADDITIONS:Deng Deng (orwar), Lester

Medord (guard), Kobe

Eubanks (guard)

KEY LOSSES:Cory Jefferson, Brady Heslip,

Gary Franklin, Isaiah Austin

PROJECTED STARTERS/2013-14 STATS:

Kenny Chery 11.7 ppg

Royce ONeale 7.1 ppg,5.4 rpg, 2.9 apg

aurean Prince 6.2 ppg,

2.8 rpg

Deng Deng did not play

last season

Rico Gathers 6.4 ppg, 6.4

rpg

Edited by Alex Lamb


AT A GLANCE:Te exas Longhorns have a

young team o returners. Tey

lost no seniors at the end olast season and gained only

two reshmen this season. Te

Longhorns surprised everyone

with their success last season,

finishing ourth in the Big 12

conerence. exas struggled

with consistent shooting

and turnovers last season,

something they will need to fix

i they want another successul

season. Isaiah aylor is

expected to be a dominant

shooter, along with Myles

urner and Jonathan Holmes.

exas needs a dominant player,like aylor, to take over theteam. Te addition o urner

and Jordan Barnett give exas

a strong post under the basket

making the exas deence a

serious threat to its opponents.

PLAYER TO WATCH:Myles urner urner is a

five-star recruit rom Bedord,exas, and was the No. 2

recruit overall. His 7-oot

stature makes him a threat

underneath the basket, but

hes also a dominant shooter.

During his senior year,

urner averaged 18.1 points

per game, 12.1 rebounds pergame and 6.8 blocks per game.exas already has a tall team,

but urner is just what the

Longhorns needed to cap it off.

BURNING QUESTION:Where will coach Rick Barnes

start urner, and what does

that mean or Jonathan

Holmes?Myles urner joins Cameron

Ridley as the only other center

on the Longhorns roster. Last

season, Ridley and orward

Jonathan Holmes were posted

underneath the basket,

but with urners addition,

Holmes could move to a smallorward position. exas hasstruggled or several years

with consistently shooting the

perimeter, but urners ability

to shoot threes may change

that.

KEY ADDITIONS:Jordan Barnett (small or-

ward), Myles urner (center)

KEY LOSSES:Did not lose any seniors


Myles urner, orward did

not play last season

Isaiah aylor, guard 12.7

points, 3.3 rebounds, 4 assistsJonathan Holmes, orward

12.8 points, 7.2 rebounds

Cameron Ridley, center

11.2 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.2

blocks

Demarcus Holland, guard


assists

Edited by Casey Hutchins


AT-A-GLANCE:Picked to finish fifh in the

Big 12 this year, Iowa State will

again look to compete with the

best in the conerence in the2014-2015 season. Following

the departures o Big 12Player o the Year, orward

Melvin Ejim, and first team

all Big 12 guard DeAndre

Kane, the Cyclones will look

to junior Georges Niang and

senior Dustin Hogue to lead

the team. Te team will also

look to continue to shoot the

ball well rom 3-point range,

averaging 35.8 percent in 2014.

PLAYER TO WATCH:Georges Niang Niang was

named to the All-Big 12 thirdteam in 2014, averaging 16.7

points and 4.5 rebounds pergame. Niang has been one o

the best 3-point shooters in

the Big 12 in his two years in

Ames, shooting 35.9 percent

rom behind the arc. Niang

broke his fifh metatarsal in his

right oot during the Cyclones

first game o the 2014 NCAAournament, but is expected

to be healthy going into the

teams opener against Oakland.

BURNING QUESTION:How will this team respond

afer losing its top two scorers?

Te graduation o Ejim and

Kane will be a huge blow tothis Cyclone team. Combined,

the two accounted or 35.1

points per game or Iowa State

throughout the season. Tey

were the vocal leaders o the

team, both on the offensive and

deensive end. Sophomore and

junior guards Monte Morrisand Naz Long will have to pick

up the slack o the backcourt,

and juniors Niang and Jameel

McKay will have to do the

same in the rontcourt. McKay

is a ormidable replacement

or Ejim, standing at 6-oot-9

and a playing style similar to

that o Ejim.

KEY ADDITIONS:Clayton Custer (guard),

Georgios salmpouris

(center), Jameel McKay

(orward), Daniel Stensland

(guard)

KEY LOSSES:Melvin Ejim, DeAndre Kane


Jameel McKay, orward

did not play last season

Georges Niang, orward


Dustin Hogue, orward 11.6 points, 8.4 rebounds

Naz Long, guard 7.1points, 1.1 assists

Monte Morris, guard 6.8

points, 3.7 assists



AT-A-GLANCE:A team riddled with experi-

ence, Oklahoma returns the

majority o its production

in every statistical category

rom last years team. Four

o five starters return to the

floor, all either sophomores

or juniors who are more than

amiliar with playing at thecollegiate level afer starting

all 33 games last year. Okla-

homa looks to improve ontheir second-place finish in

the Big 12, and have added a

stellar recruiting class on top

o well-seasoned vets to help

them achieve this goal.

PLAYER TO WATCH:Buddy Hield Hield is a

well-recognized leader on

the Sooner roster. Te junior

guard made a severe impact orOklahoma as a second-team

All-Big 12 pick last season, av-

eraging the highest number o

points per game in Oklahoma

history since Blake Griffin five

years ago.

BURNING QUESTION:Will aShawn Tomas play?

Te 6-8, 242-pound senior

University o Houston transer

looks to be Cameron Clarks

replacement. Big shoes to fill,

but hes up to the task. Tomas

led the Cougars in scoring,

rebounding and blocks his

junior season. Te only

thing holding him back this

year, however, is the NCAADivision I transer rule that

requires transers to sit out a

year beore competing at the

new institution. Oklahoma

intends to file an appeal in

an attempt to make Tomaseligible or this upcoming

season.

KEY ADDITIONS:aShawn Tomas (orward),

Dinjiyl Walker (guard), Dante

Buord (guard/orward),Khadeem Lattin (orward).

KEY LOSSES:Senior orward Cameron

Clark was a third-team

All-Big 12 selection afer

ranking second on the team in

scoring (15.6 points per game)

and rebounding (5.5 reboundsper game). He finished his

career ranked No. 19 on the

Sooners all-time scoring listwith 1,284 points and seventh

in games played at 128.


Buddy Hield, guard 16.5

points, 4.4 rebounds

Isaiah Cousins, guard


assists

Jordan Woodard, guard


assists

Ryan Spangler, orward

9.6 points, 9.3 reboundsaShawn Tomas, orward

15.4 points, 8.1 rebounds,

2.7 blocks Edited by Ben Carrol


AT-A-GLANCE:abbed as the preseason

avorite to claim the conerence

title by Big 12 coaches whatwould be their 11th straight

the Jayhawks can be oundin the top 10 o most experts

preseason national team

rankings. While they lose

their leading scorer (Andrew

Wiggins) and rebounder (Joel

Embiid) rom last season, Bill

Sel has replaced them with the

No. 3 and No. 11 recruits rom

the class o 2014, according

to ESPN. Cliff Alexander willbring much-needed toughness

that Kansas lacked last season,

while Kelly Oubre, Jr. will

give the Jayhawks an outside

shooting threat or a team that

ranked seventh in the leaguelast season in 3-point field

goals made.

PLAYER TO WATCH:Perry Ellis Named to the

preseason All-Big 12 eam,the junior orward is the

most experienced Jayhawk

remaining on the roster. He

ranked second on the team

last season in points and

rebounds and will need to bemore consistent than he was

last season, when he would

occasionally disappear in

stretches.

BURNING QUESTION:Whats the situation at point

guard?

Te team hasnt had areliable point guard since

yshawn aylor led the team

to the national championship

in 2012. Te only true point

guard on the roster is incoming

reshman Devonte Graham,

who committed to Kansas

in May afer being released

rom his letter o intent romAppalachian State. Frank

Mason, who is one o the best

on-ball deenders on the team,

will also get a close look.

KEY ADDITIONS: Cliff Alexander (power

orward), Kelly Oubre, Jr.

(small orward), DevonteGraham (point guard),

Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk

(shooting guard)

KEY LOSSES:Andrew Wiggins, Joel

Embiid, arik Black


Cliff Alexander, orward

did not play last seasonPerry Ellis, orward 13.5


Kelly Oubre, Jr., orward


Wayne Selden, guard


assists

Devonte Graham, guard



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AT A GLANCE:In year 3 under coach Bruce

Weber the Wildcats are poised to

be much more competitive afer

enduring some growing pains last

season. Weber finally has more o

his fingerprints on the roster with

senior Tomas Gipson being one

o the ew remaining pieces o theFrank Martin regime. Marcus

Foster, who dazzled as one o

the most talented reshman in

the country, will look to leadKSU once again in points and

be more o a acilitator. Weber

lured in two transers in Justin

Edwards (Maine) and Brandon

Bolden (Georgetown) to ortiyits depth. He will have to display

his coaching prowess as this has

the potential to be Webers most

talented team since arriving in

Manhattan.

PLAYER TO WATCH:Marcus Foster Te

sophomore will try to build off hisremarkable reshmen campaign

in which he led upsets over Kansas

and exas. His 34-point outburst

was officially his coming out party

to the country in dismantling

the Longhorns who were ranked

No. 15 at the time. He will need to

maintain his shooting efficiency

and patrol the offense with arelatively resh K-State roster.

BURNING QUESTION-Can Kansas State be a more

productive three-point shooting

team?

KSU were hitting just

33.1 percent o its shots rom

the perimeter, which placedthem at 221nd in the country.

Marcus Foster, who made his

threes at a clip o 39.5 percent,

is the only player on K-States

roster that was above-average

last year taking more than 30

attempts. Nigel Johnson had 62

attempts last season but that just

garnered a 27.4 percent rate romdeep. I KSU wants to improve

its middling offense rom last

season, it will have to get other

contributions than just Foster

rom three-point range.

KEY ADDITIONS:Justin Edwards (shooting

guard), Malek Harris (powerorward), Stephen Hunt (power

orward) Brandon Bolden (power

orward)

Key Losses:

Will Spradling, Shane

Southwell, Nino Williams,


Jevon Tomas, point guard

Did not play last seasonMarcus Foster, shooting guard


assists

Wesley Iwundu, shooting

orward 6.7 points, 4.2

rebounds

Tomas Gipson, powerorward, 11.7 points, 6.5

rebounds

D.J Johnson, center 3.5


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1. Kansas2. Iowa State3. exas4. Oklahoma5. West Virginia6. Kansas State7. Oklahoma State8. Baylor9. CU10. exas ech

In 2011, NBC sportsanalyst Jack Harry learnedthe hard way to never pickagainst Kansas in the Big 12,regardless o the perceivedtalent level o the team. (Hesaid the Jayhawks wouldntfinish in the top-five o theconerence that year.) Ocourse, the team would goon to win its eighth straightconerence title and every onesince. Tis year is no different.An impressive recruiting class

and more experience romthe rest o the team will giveKansas its 11th straight title othe year. Behind the Jayhawks,look or a close race betweenthe Cyclones, Longhornsand Sooners. At the bottom,I expect CU to leave itspreviously permanent spot atNo. 10

1. exas2. Kansas3. Iowa State4. Oklahoma5. Kansas State6. West Virginia7. CU8. Baylor9. Oklahoma State10. exas ech

Te Big 12 Conerence willhave a different result as the

previous ten seasons Kansas

will not finish on top. Teexas Longhorns basketballprogram returns our startersand adds top 5 recruit Mylesurner to the starting five. TeLonghorns experience willhelp them run the table, andthe only loss in their Big 12season will come to Kansas inAllen Fieldhouse.

1. Kansas2. exas3. Oklahoma4. Iowa State5. Baylor6. Kansas State7. West Virginia8. Oklahoma State9. exas ech10. CU

Kansas is the preseasoncoaches pick to win the

Big 12 or the eighth time

in the past 11 years, andwhy wouldnt it be? Withthe return o Selden andadditions o several impactreshmen, this team appearsprimed to strengthen KansasWe dont rebuild, we reloadmantra. On paper, it seemsthat exas, Oklahoma,and Iowa State could allconceivably challenge the

Jayhawks or their 11th-consecutive title but theLonghorns likely pose thebiggest threat. hey returnall ive starters rom lastseason and snagged Mylesurner and Jordan Barnettthis oseason to boot. Itwouldnt be surprising ithe conerences top ourteams are only separated by acouple o games in the inalstandings.

1. Kansas2. exas3. Oklahoma4. Iowa State5. Kansas State6. Baylor7. West Virginia8. Oklahoma State

9. CU10. exas ech

he Kansas Jayhawkshave what it takes to winan 11th straight Big 12itle. However, the Big 12will be just as, i not more,competitive than it was lastseason. With the addition oMyles urner to an alreadyimpressive exas team, theywill push Kansas as ar as anyrecent team has or the title.Fred Hoibergs Iowa Stateteam has the experience oGeo Niang and the transer

power o Dejean Jones.ech will replace CU inthe cellar this season, asthey lost six key players lastseason. Oklahoma State willall to the bottom as well,losing Marcus Smart, MarkelBrown and Stevie Clark.LeBryan Nash will look totake the reigns in Stillwater.Last season the Big 12 sent

70 percent o their teams tothe NCAA tournament, anall-time high. his season,the Big 12 could improvethat number by sendingeight teams to the dance thisseason.


BIG 12 PREDICTIONS


AT-A-GLANCE:Projected to finish

seventh in the preseason

conerence standings by

Big 12 coaches, the West

Virginia Mountaineers look

to improve rom a 2013-14

season in which they finished

seventh in the Big 12 standings

and were eliminated in thefirst round o the National

Invitation ournament by

the Georgetown Hoyas. Te

Mountaineers also have to

deal with the loss o ormer

sophomore guard Eron Harris,

who elected to transer to

Michigan State University

and play or om Izzo. Harris

averaged 17.2 points and 3.5

rebounds per game in 2013-14,

according to ESPN. Replacing

that kind o production will be

tough or Mountaineers coach

Bob Huggins.

PLAYER TO WATCH: Juwan Staten Staten was

selected as the Preseason Big

12 Player o the Year and was

named to the Preseason All Big

12 team. A year afer ormingone o the best backcourt duos

in the conerence with Harris,

Staten will be looked at as the

clear leader or the 2014-15

Mountaineers. He is theconerences leading returning

scorer, averaging 18.1 points

per game in 2013-14.

BURNING QUESTION:How ar can Staten carry the

Mountaineers?

Staten is undoubtedly one

o the most talented returning

players in the country. Hugginswill need to rely on his scoring

and playmaking ability to

carry the Mountaineers to

some kind o success this

season. Te top hal o the Big12 conerence is loaded, with

Kansas, exas, Oklahoma,

Kansas State and Iowa State

are expected to occupy the

top five spots, respectively,o the Big 12 or much o

the conerence season. Te

Mountaineers may not end up

seriously threatening those top

teams, but Staten will certainly

try to help his teams cause.

Staten can certainly lead the

conerence in many statistical

categories, but he will need

to be better than his stats or

the Mountaineers to have a

successul season.

KEY ADDITIONS:Jevon Carter (guard), Daxter

Miles (point guard), ElijahMacon (power orward),

Jaysean Paige (guard).

KEY LOSSES:Eron Harris, Remi Dibo,

erry Henderson


Juwan Staten, guard 18.1

points, 5.6 rebounds, 5.8 assists

Devin Williams, orward


Jaysean Paige, guard did


Jonathan Holton, orward


Jevon Carter, guard did




AT-A-GLANCE:exas Christian University

basketball was ranked last in

the Big 12 coaches rankings

at the beginning o last season

and did nothing to change

things since this preseason,

winning zero conerence

games and only 9 games all

last year. At least the HornedFrogs Kyan Anderson, who

is the leading scorer with 17points per game, will return or

his senior year. Anderson will

be supported by sophomore

center Karviar Shepherd, who

led the team in rebounds in

2013-14. Te obvious goal or

CU this season is to record

a conerence win. Te team

deeated ulsa, a team that

made the NCAA tournament,

on two occasions last season.

PLAYER TO WATCH:Kyan Anderson Leading

the team in both points and

assists, Anderson stands out as

the Horned Frogs best player.

He returns or his senior yearand CU coach rent Johnson

is tasked with surrounding him

with competent teammates.

BURNING QUESTION:What can CU do to get out

o the basement in the Big 12?

CU has been perennially

awul since its entrance into

the Big 12, and the arrival o

Karviar Shepherd last season

should have given the teama little more hope. Although

Shepherd was one o the

teams main contributors,

ew players surrounded him

and Kyan Anderson as big

actors. Senior Amric Fieldsspent large parts o last season

out with an ACL injury, but

has the potential to be a big

contributor. McDonalds All-

American nominee Chauncey

Collins was a 3-star recruit,

according to ESPN, but at

point guard he will play behind

the Horned Frogs best player,

Kyan Anderson. Collins was

CUs highest-ranked recruit.

CU has an old team only 3

reshman coming in.

KEY ADDITIONS:Chauncey Collins (point

guard), Link Kabadyundi

(center)

KEY LOSSES:Jarvis Ray


Karviar Shepherd, center


blocks

Kyan Anderson, guard


assists

Christian Gore, guard 4.1


Brandon Parrish, orward

8.0 points, 3.1 reboundsAmric Fields, orward


Edited by Ben Carrol


AT A GLANCE:Te Cowboys will have eight

newcomers three transers,one redshirt and ourreshmen that will join the

other eight returning letterman

on the roster. Tey lost their

leading scorer, Marcus Smart,

and their leading rebounder

in Kamari Murphy. Coach

ravis Ford brought in small

orward Joseph Burton, who

is the No. 59 recruit, according

to ESPNs top 100. He is theonly top 100 recruit to commit

with the Cowboys. Tey also

received LSU transer Anthony

Hickey who will fill the point

guard role that was lost when

Smart lef or the NBA. Tey

are projected to finish eighth

in the Big 12 in the PreseasonCoaches Poll.

PLAYER TO WATCH:LeBryan Nash Made the

All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

List earlier this month and is

ready to take on a leadership

role this season with the

Cowboys. Te senior orwardhas averaged at least 30

minutes and at least 13 points

per game his first three seasons

in Stillwater, Okla., and is

the teams leading returning

scorer. At 6-oot-7 and 235

pounds, he can block shots (27

a year ago) and rebound on

both sides o the ball.

BURNING QUESTION:Can the inexperienced

players on the roster succeed

and help lead the Cowboys toa winning season?

Te Cowboys roster looks

much different than it did a

year ago and is mainly filled

with unproven talent. In act,

only two players returningrom last years team averaged

more than 20 minutes on the

hardwood last season: Phil

Forte, III and LeBryan Nash.

Te only other player coach

Ford can look to as a leader

is senior center Michael

Cobbins, who suffered an

injury that kept him out most

o his junior season but still

averaged playing 19.6 minutes

per game. Tis team will needto work on sharing the ball

more instead o relying ona ew select star players to

keep them afloat in the Big 12

standings.

KEY ADDITIONS:Anthony Hickey Jr. (Point

Guard), Joseph Burton (SmallForward), Anthony Allen, Jr.

(Center), Mitchell Solomon

(Power Forward)

KEY LOSSES:Marcus Smart, Markel

Brown, Brian Williams,

Kamari Murphy


Anthony Hickey Jr., guard

ranserred rom LSU,

8.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.7assists, 1.8 steals.

Phil Forte, III, guard 13.3

points

Leyton Hammonds, orward

1.5 points

LeBryan Nash, orward


assists

Michael Cobbins, center


blocks



AT A GLANCE:Afer finishing second-to-

last in the Big 12 in the 2013-

14 season, there arent high

expectations or coach ubby

Smiths Red Raiders in 2014-

15. Smith tabbed his first everlosing season in 2013-14, and

theres reason to believe that

will happen again in Lubbock.

Tis is Smiths first year with

a ew o his own recruits, andthe beginning o the programs

rebuilding under Smith. Seven

o the teams players are new to

exas ech. With our o last

seasons five scoring leaders

departing the team, Smith will

look to his recruits to make

an impact on this team. Smith

is searching or echs first

winning season since 2009-10.

PLAYER TO WATCH: Robert urner Te

strength o this Red Raiders

team comes in the backcourt,

and it starts with urner.urner is the top scorer rom

the 2013-14 season that is

still on Smiths squad, and

hell start at the one-guard

spot. urner was Smiths first

signing, coming rom thejunior college ranks in 2013.

He will be accepted to lead

this squad both on and off the

court this season.

BURNING QUESTION:How will the Red Raiders

replace the players who

graduated?

Te Red Raiders lost ourtop-five scorers rom 2013,

including two double-digit

scorers. wo graduated, while

two transerred out o theprogram. Tose five players

also included the top three

rebounders. urner will play a

big role in replacing the points

lef void by those who lef, as

he started every game lastseason and has the experience.

oddrick Gotcher also played

some time as a starter in

2013, but needs his shot to all

more consistently to be a real

contributor this season. Itll be

up to the newcomers to replace

the spots lef by the rontcourt.

Justin Jamison, at 6 eet 9

inches tall and 260 pounds,

will give ech a body in the

paint, though he doesnt bringa scoring presence. Hes going

to play major minutes down

low, as will true reshmanNorense Odiase.

KEY ADDITIONS:Justin Gray (small orward),

Justin Jamison (power

orward), DevaugntahWilliams (shooting guard),

Norense Odiase (power

orward),

KEY LOSSES:Jaye Crockett, Jordan olbert,

Dusty Hannahs, Dejan Kravic


Robert urner, guard


assists

Devaugntah Williams, guard

did not play last seasonoddrick Gotcher, guard


assists

Justin Gray, orward did


Justin Jamison, orward



DEREK SKILLETT

@Derek_Skillett

BEN CARROLL@BCarroll91

SKYLAR ROLSTAD@SkyRolSports

CHRISTIAN HARDY@HardyNFL

WEST VIRGINIA

OKLAHOMA ST.

TCU

TEXAS TECH.

BRIAN HILLIXsports editor

BLAIR SHEADEassociate sports editor

BEN FELDERSTEINbasketball beat writer

KYLE PAPPASbasketball beat writer

Kansan sports editors, mens basketball beat writers predict outcome of the Big 12

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Wayne Selden Jr. is no longer

freshman waiting to make a

ighly anticipated debut. He is

lso not a seasoned veteran.

But starting this season

onight with the exhibition

ame against Washburn,elden said hes ready to be a

eader.

I feel like even though Im

ust a sophomore, we still got a

ot of young guys, guys looking

t me for that leadership role,

elden said on basketball

edia day last month. I feel

ike I can do that.

Selden never drew a crowd at

he media day, with freshman

Cliff Alexander and junior

erry Ellis at the center of

ttention. During this season,

owever, his experience will

e sought in the backcourt,

specially with the recenteparture of sophomore guard

Conner Frankamp.

Even though Perry [Ellis]

s the biggest veteran we

ave and even though Jamari

[Traylor] is a year older, Wayne

eels like this is his team more

han anybody elses, which is

good thing, Self said at the

asketball media day. I thinkis leadership role is much

ore advanced since last year.

here last year he was just

ind of fitting in, this year

think hes taken more of a

leadership role.

Selden, who was sometimes

overshadowed by fellow

freshman Andrew Wiggins,

came to Kansas as ESPNs

14th ranked member of the

2013 class. Last season, he

averaged 9.7 points a game

and totaled 87 assists, which

was the second most on theteam. He was also one of only

two players who started all 35

games; Wiggins was the other.

At one point in the season,

there was speculation that

Selden would only spend one

year in a Jayhawk uniform.

Following the end of the season,

Selden ended all conjectures

with a tweet indicating he

would be back. Part of thetweet read that he couldnt wait

to get back to work.

Coming back this season,

Selden said he has many goals

for the team, listing improveddefense and teamwork among

them.

As for himself, Selden

can work on improving his

shooting consistency, Self said.Last year, he was great at

times and last year he was

obviously very streaky at

times, Self said. I would

love for him to become more

consistent.

Selden might find his role

expanded to many parts of

the court. Known usually as

a shooting guard, Selden has

been practicing at the forwardposition. Now with Frankamps

departure, he could spend

some time at the point guard

position.

Wherever he is, coach Self

said, Selden will be aggressive.

Self went as far as calling

Selden an alpha dog.

I think hes in better

shape, Self said. I think heshealthy, hes got more bounce.

Hes definitely much more

aggressive.



Wayne Selden settles into bigger role for KansasSTELLA LIANG

@stelly_liang

Wayne feels like this is his

team more than anybody

elses, which is a good

thing. I think his leader-ship role is much more

advanced since last year.

BILL SELFKansas basketball coach JAMES HOYT/KANSAN

ABOVE: Kansas guard WayneSelden, Jr. goes for a basketin a home game againstTCU on Feb. 15 last season.Selden finished with 15points against the HornedFrogs in the Jayhawks 95-65win. Last season, Seldenaveraged 9.7 points.LEFT:Then-freshman WayneSelden, Jr. celebrates Kansasvictory against Texas onFeb. 22. Although he is not aveteran player, Selden saidhe is ready to be a leader forthe team.

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